Air quality

Air quality in Goes today

Updated

Good (US AQI 33) Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity. Model estimate for Mon, Oct 26, 3:00 am (02:00 UTC).

Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for Goes, Zeeland, The Netherlands, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.

US AQI now
33 Good
PM2.5
3.7 µg/m³ 0.2× WHO 24-h guideline
PM10
13 µg/m³
Ozone
69 µg/m³
Dominant pollutant
ozone sub-index 33
Best hour today
2:00 pm AQI 27
European AQI
25

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Air quality in Goes right now

Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Goes, Zeeland, The Netherlands is 33, which falls in the "Good" band (up to 50). Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity.

The index is driven mainly by ozone, whose own sub-index is 33. Ozone usually peaks in the afternoon on sunny days and falls back after sunset.

PM2.5 is 3.7 µg/m³, within the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 13 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 69 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 3.7 µg/m³ (below the 24-hour guideline of 25).

Also this hour: carbon monoxide 147 µg/m³.

NASA FIRMS shows 23 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 37 km), but particle levels are not elevated enough to point to smoke right now.

Goes AQI forecast: next 48 hours

Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 24 around Tue 12:00 am to 33 around Mon 3:00 am, staying "Good" throughout.

The following day looks similar, averaging about 26.

Local time (Europe/Amsterdam)US AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³PM10 µg/m³Ozone µg/m³
Mon 3:00 am33Good3.71369
Mon 6:00 am33Good3.81367
Mon 9:00 am31Good51553
Mon 12:00 pm29Good51359
Mon 3:00 pm27Good3.6963
Mon 6:00 pm27Good3.7655
Mon 9:00 pm27Good4.2747
Tue 12:00 am24Good5.9845
Tue 3:00 am25Good5.1838
Tue 6:00 am26Good4.4740
Tue 9:00 am26Good3.8642
Tue 12:00 pm25Good4.4652
Tue 3:00 pm24Good4658
Tue 6:00 pm25Good4.41157
Tue 9:00 pm27Good3.51261
Wed 12:00 am27Good3.71159
Wed 3:00 am28Good3.91262

Every third hour of the CAMS forecast via Open-Meteo. US AQI uses rolling averages (24 h for particles, 8 h for ozone), so it moves more slowly than the hourly concentrations.

Best time to be outside in Goes today

Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air today is forecast around 2:00 pm (AQI 27, Good) and the worst around 6:00 am (AQI 33). The difference across the day is small, so timing matters little.

Goes vs the rest of The Netherlands

Across 12 The Netherlands cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 32 (Good). Goes at 33 is about average.

It ranks 10 of 12 from cleanest to most polluted; the cleanest is Eindhoven (29) and the most polluted Bergen, North Holland (35).

For context, the median across 3,909 cities worldwide is 57.

Air quality in cities near Goes

CityDistanceUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³
Antwerp47 km27Good6.4
Rotterdam62 km31Good3.9
The Hague70 km34Good3.8
Zoetermeer74 km31Good3.9
Schaerbeek78 km31Good4.8
Brussels79 km31Good4.7
Anderlecht80 km31Good4.7
Forest82 km31Good4.7

Model vs measured

We found no measured PM2.5 sensor cell within 25 km of Goes, so the numbers on this page are model estimates. Models capture regional pollution well but can miss very local sources such as a busy road or a nearby fire.

Advice for sensitive groups

With the AQI at 33, there is no need for sensitive groups to change plans. People with asthma should still carry their reliever inhaler as usual.

What the US AQI numbers mean

US AQICategoryWhat it means
0-50GoodAir quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity.
51-100ModerateAcceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors.
101-150Unhealthy for Sensitive GroupsPeople with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens should cut back on prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors.
151-200UnhealthyEveryone should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors; sensitive groups should avoid it and keep windows closed.
201-300Very UnhealthyHealth alert: everyone should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors, and sensitive groups should stay indoors.
301-500HazardousEmergency conditions: everyone should avoid all outdoor physical activity and stay indoors with filtered air if possible. The scale tops out at 500; heavier dust or smoke is shown as 500.

Values on this page are modelled by CAMS (Copernicus) and served by Open-Meteo; they are estimates for the area around the city centre, not readings from an official monitor.

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Data: Open-Meteo Air Quality API, Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), NASA FIRMS.